Pope John
Pope John
beautiful blessed greatness
America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life.
taken light people
Dear young people, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.
suicide life-and-love sick
As believers, how can we fail to see that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a terrible rejection of God's gift of life and love? And as believers, how can we fail to feel the duty to surround the sick and those in distress with the warmth of our affection and the support that will help them always to embrace life?
prayer powerful sacrifice
Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.
art destiny light
Humanity looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and its destiny.
art men tasks
Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
religious war mean
With the persistence of tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world, the international community must never forget what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as a warning and in incentive to develop truly effective and peaceful means of settling tensions and disputes. Fifty years after the Second World War, the leaders of nations cannot become complacent but rather should renew their commitment to disarmament and to the banishment of all nuclear weapons.
dream doors worry
Confidently open your most intimate aspirations to the Love of Christ who waits for you in the Eucharist. You will receive the answer to all your worries and you will see with joy that the consistency of your life which He asks of you is the door to fulfill the noblest dreams of your youth.
everyday everyday-life verify
God comes to us in the things we know best and cane verify most easily, the things of our everyday life.
honor stones foundation
Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
country punishment world
May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
names hatred world
In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance and even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant.
son catholic mary
Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily.
humility world holiness
Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.